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REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE. 



of 1.031O-3 of tlie latter to 1 of the former. Those for Ireland are 

 reduced from hundred weights, of 112 pounds, to bushels, at the rate 

 of GO pounds per bushel for wheat, 48 pounds per bushel for barley, 

 and 32 pounds per bushel for oats. Beans and peas are stated in 

 bushels of 60 pounds. Potatoes, which in the official returns are 

 stated in tons of 2,240 pounds, are reduced to bushels, at the rate of 

 GO pounds per bushel: 



Crops. 



18&1. 



Product. 



1885. 



Area. 



Product. 



1886. 



Area. 



Product. 



Wheat... 

 Barley... 



Oats 



Beans 



Peas 



Potatoes . 



Turnips. . 

 Mangold . 

 Hay 



Hops . 



Acres. 

 2, 744, 938 

 2,336,2-^ 

 4, 203. 807 

 454, 580 

 230, 618 

 1,364,000 



2,331,641 

 361,905 



Bushels. 



84,595,368 



82,497,027 



176, 228, 395 



12,101,;M5 



5,&58,631 



253, 252, 720 



Toyis. 



30,581,246 



5, 997, 1.39 



Acres. 

 2, 549, a35 

 2,4:^6,82:^ 

 4,269.3.59 

 441,054 

 231,100 

 1,346,023 



2,311,042 

 391.702 



8,217,147 



71,327 



Bushels. 

 82,081,332 

 88,489.231 

 175, 248, 2.32 

 9,402,792 

 4,475,451 

 237,971,701 



Tons. 



24,062,008 



5,969,523 



12, 887, 074 



Cuts. 



509, 170 



Acres. 



2,3.55,451 

 2,423,060 

 4, 403, 579 

 387. 205 

 215.072 

 1,353,808 



2, .302, 159 



386,708 



8, .OO, 325 



70,127 



Bushels. 



65, 285, .353 

 80,&11.031 

 184,596,7'IS 

 10,8l5,a30 

 6,057,879 

 217,858,181 



Tons. 



33,957,415 



7,76.5,811 



13,503,416 



Cwts. 



776,144 



The above statement does not include the crops of the Isle of Man 

 and the Channel Islands, which, however, are very insignificant in 

 amount. 



The following figures, giving the number of cattle and sheep for 

 1885 and 1880, and dividing them into certain classes specified, are 

 from the Agricultural Returns of Great Britain for 1886, from which 

 are also obtained the totals for the several kinds of live stock in the 

 United Kingdom given in the table of farm animals of the world: 



Number of head. 



1885. 



1886. 



Cattle: 



Cows and heifers, in milk or in calf. . 

 Other cattle, two years old and over 

 Other cattle, under two years old . . . 



Total 



Sheep: 



One year old and over 



Under one year old 



Total 



3,96.5,512 

 2,419,624 

 4,483,624 



8,974,476 

 2.5.'?3,062 

 4,365,273 



10,868,760 



10,872,811 



18,717,058 

 11,309, M2 



18,291.345 

 10.063,895 



30,080,200 



28, 955, 240 



